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The shame is ours
The most horrific example of using rape as a political tool has come from Kathua, where eight-year-old Asifa lost her innocence and her life to serve a diabolical plan Asifa rape and murder case is one of the most grotesque cases of our times and is symbolic for the many ugly truths it lays bare. […]
What a washout!
Parliament almost slipped into irrelevance in the second half of the Budget session, with productivity of Lok Sabha at a dismal four per cent and Rajya Sabha at nine per cent The Budget session of Parliament that ended on Friday was a complete washout. The least productive in 18 years, the session, though full of […]
WILL PAK POLL BE FREE AND FAIR?
In a fair election, his party the PMLN would be in a pole position. If it doesn’t manage to get a simple majority, it would at least be the single largest party Despite being badly wounded and pushed into a corner, the tiger (election symbol of Nawaz Sharif’s party and his own image among his […]
PEARSON’S ARCHILLES FORCES HER TO PULL OUT OF CWG
Poster-girl Sally Pearson dealt the Commonwealth Games a major blow by pulling out with an Achilles’ injury, as competition got under way with dramatic scenes in the swimming pool. Australia’s Pearson, the 100m hurdles world champion and a Gold Coast resident, said she was in tears when she realised she needed to withdraw, but added: “My health comes first.” […]
MISS TIBET, A REBEL’S TITLE
The very controversial beauty pageant Miss Tibet has been held since 2002 in McLeodganj. While it has been criticized for being “un-Tibetan”, and well, like other pageants, a platform to objectify women, it has been symbolic of rebellion by the Tibetans who fled their land. The Chinese government sees the pageant as an irritant, and […]
MOSUL NEWS A BUNGLED AFFAIR
Announcing the deaths in Parliament nullified the goodwill the Centre had earned by engaging with the families of the missing Indians For most terrorism analysts, the hope and optimism being expressed by Indian officials over the fate of 39 Indians who had gone missing in Iraq in 2014 and were believed to have been taken […]
A MOTHER’S LONG, PAINFUL WAIT
Delhi Police are unable to resolve the curious murder of a young doctor by another. Is someone really powerful protecting the killer? Surrounded by boisterous executives discussing sales targets at a Starbucks store, a distraught mother of a slain doctor narrates her woes, the pain of the murder weighing heavily on her. Dr Shalini Pandey, […]
POOR: CASUALTY OF AADHAAR
Social scientist Khera discusses the media’s ‘propagandist coverage’ of Aadhaar, damage to the public distribution system and her faith in the Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 13, extended the March 31 deadline for linking various services to UIDAI’s Aadhaar. A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, is hearing a bunch of […]